Articles are
listed in alphabetical order by state, so you can easily scan
through the articles for those within your state or other states in which
you have an interest.

In this
week’s newsfeed, you will note an uptick in murder cases, and none of
verbal/emotional abuse. There is some good news to share as you will
note in the “OTHER” section.

SEXUAL
ASSAULT: 2, 6, 12, 13, 22, 23, 33, 34, 37

PHYSICAL
ABUSE: 5, 9, 10, 16, 27, 31, 35, 39, 42

NEGLECT: 3,
17

FINANCIAL
ABUSE: 19, 25, 26

VERBAL
ABUSE: 24

MURDER: 20,
32, 41 (44, 45).

GOOD NEWS:
62, 63, 71

ABUSE
OCCURRED AT SCHOOL: 5, 10, 12, 13, 17, 35

Abuse/Crime-related

1. “Birmingham Police
Searching for Missing Woman with Disabilities” --- Martha Hayes, 56,
went missing early Saturday morning, and Birmingham Police are looking
to the community to help ... --- WIAT 42 --- May 7, 2016 (ALABAMA) https://is.gd/6hLk8F

2. “Man Allegedly
Followed, Groped Autistic Woman, 20, in West Hollywood” --- Sheriff's
deputies say this man allegedly followed an autistic woman home from a
bus stop in West Hollywood and groped her on April 17, 2016. --- KABC-TV
--- May 5, 2016 (CALIFORNIA) https://is.gd/qImBpd

4. “Family Searching for
Missing Man with Mental Illness” --- A Pico Rivera mother was
desperate to find her mentally ill son who was last seen on gas
station surveillance in Baker. Beverly White reports for the ... ---
NBC Southern California --- May 4, 2016 (CALIFORNIA) https://is.gd/hlTjiM

5. “Hernando Mom Upset
She Wasn't Told about Abuse Complaints until Days Later” --- A
Hernando County mom says her 6-year-old daughter with Down syndrome
was abused at school and she wasn't told about it until days later.
--- Bay News 9 --- May 3, 2016 (CALIFORNIA) https://is.gd/6iRynW

8. “Local Probes End in
Police Shooting of Man in Wheelchair” --- Wilmington police have
finished criminal and internal investigations into the fatal police
shooting of a black man in a wheelchair, ... --- Albany Times Union
--- May 4, 2016 (DELAWARE) https://is.gd/t4k5XY

9. “Nurse Accused of
Abusing Special-Needs Child Loses License” --- Edmund Omodu lost his
Florida nursing license after he allegedly gave a 6-year-old special
needs child a bath that caused burns to 17 percent of that ... ---ActionNewsJax.com---
May 3, 2016 (FLORIDA) https://is.gd/t1CY0R

10. “Teacher Suspended
After 5-Year-Old Special Needs Student Hung from Blackboard by
Beltloops” --- There's outrage in Rockdale County over claims that a
5-year-old special needs student was hung from a ... ---11alive.com---
May 4, 2016 (GEORGIA) https://is.gd/V3ogXS

11. “Man with Special
Needs Missing in Wayne County” --- A man with special needs is missing
out of Odum, Georgia. Turner Arnold is 25 years old and lives on New
Hope ... --- WJCL News --- May 1, 2016 (GEORGIA) https://is.gd/PMosHu

12. “Investigation of
Rape of Special Needs Student Underway at Albany Middle School” ---
Dougherty County School Police are investigating the report of the
rape of a special needs student at Albany Middle School. School
officials say the ... --- WALB-TV --- May 3, 2016 (GEORGIA) https://is.gd/2PUTHr

13. “Hawaii Schools
Slammed over Special Ed Student's Alleged Rape” --- "It sends a clear,
resounding message to the DOE that they have to pay closer attention
to the special needs children and take care of them," said one ... ---
CBS News --- May 3, 2016 (HAWAII) https://is.gd/0CBVoM

14. “Man with Autism
Missing from Irving Park” --- A 49-year-old man with autism went
missing from the Irving Park neighborhood Sunday ... He is nonverbal
and diagnosed with severe autism. --- Chicago Sun-Times --- May 1,
2016 (ILLINOIS) https://is.gd/zuKRxv

16. “Oakland Man Pleads
No Contest to Charge of Striking Woman in a Wheelchair After Winslow
...” --- An Oakland man arrested after police said he drove into a
woman in a wheelchair and a police officer following last year's
Fourth ... --- Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel --- May 2, 2016
(MAINE) https://is.gd/K9S1o7

17. “Bus Driver Abandons
Special Needs Child in Easton” --- A 10-year-old special needs boy was
abandoned by a Talbot County school bus driver Friday morning,
according to the Easton Police Department. --- ABC2 News --- May 6,
2016 (MARYLAND) https://is.gd/tuaD4j

18. “State Assigns
Monitor to Oversee Four Arbour Psychiatric Hospitals” --- Surprise
inspections at four Massachusetts psychiatric hospitals found such
prevalent patient care problems that state officials have taken the
... --- The Boston Globe --- May 5, 2016 (MASSACHUSETTS)https://is.gd/sSOfTX

20. “Rhode Island Man
Pleads Guilty in Slaying of Autistic Man” --- A Rhode Island man has
been sentenced to up to 35 years in prison for killing an autistic
Massachusetts man in a motel ... --- Washington Times --- May 2, 2016
(MASSACHUSETTS) https://is.gd/nWZFqX

21. “Missing Autistic
Boy Found Safe Hours After Going Into Woods” --- An autistic boy who
was missing several hours was found safe Thursday night after a
massive search in Northern Michigan ... ---MLive.com---
May 6, 2016 (MICHIGAN) https://is.gd/vcJCTS

23. “Care Facility
Employee Accused of Sexual Assault of Vulnerable Adult in Minnesota”
--- A male employee at a Granite Falls home for vulnerable adults has
been charged in Yellow Medicine County District Court for ... ---
Grand Forks Herald --- May 3, 2016 (MINNESOTA) https://is.gd/xKu3PI

24. “Rapper 50 Cent
Event Canceled After Making Fun of Autistic Man” --- A viral video of
rapper 50 Cent mocking an autistic man is causing boycotts around the
country and in St. Louis. ---KMOV.com---
May 3, 2016 (MISSOURI) https://is.gd/iypHUZ

25. “Suspended Lawyer
Sentenced” --- When it came time to spend down the disabled man's
assets the court ... count of mistreatment of a dependent adult, a
severity level 5 person felony. --- Wyandotte Daily --- May 2, 2016
(MISSOURI) https://is.gd/g56CLB

26. “Police: Worker at
Airport Stole from Blind Woman” --- A worker at Lambert Airport in St.
Louis is accused of stealing from a blind woman in a wheelchair after
helping her at the airport. --- Columbia Missourian --- May 2, 2016
(MISSOURI) https://is.gd/bS2rKX

27. “Trial Set for Man
Accused of Abusing Disabled Patient” --- A July trial has been
scheduled for a man accused of abusing a patient while working at the
Beatrice State Developmental Center. --- Lincoln Journal Star --- May
6, 2016 (NEBRASKA) https://is.gd/EjvAMO

28. “After Mom Starves
to Death, Questions About Care for Mentally Ill” --- Linda Bishop, a
once vibrant mother, starved to death after she was released from a
New Hampshire mental hospital in 2007. Her family was not ... ---NBCNews.com---
May 7, 2016 (NEW HAMPSHIRE) https://is.gd/NwHk4v

30. “$6,000 Wheelchair
Stolen from Little Girl in Bayonne” --- The $6,000 wheelchair belongs
to an 8-year-old girl who suffers from an unspecified medical
condition. It was stolen while a family member was ... --- The Hudson
Reporter --- May 3, 2016 (NEW JERSEY) https://is.gd/D5Facb

31. “3 Families File
Lawsuit After Allegations of Abuse at Bronx Group Home for Disabled
Adults” --- The allegations of abuse are gruesome and inhumane.
Patients with disabilities, living in a group home, were punched,
shoved, and had ... --- WABC-TV --- May 2, 2016 (NEW YORK) https://is.gd/uEQYdo

32. “Buffalo Man
Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison After Robbing, Killing Man with
Disability” --- A Buffalo man who admitted to killing a man with
disabilities last summer received the maximum sentence for the crime
Monday ... --- TWC News --- May 2, 2016 (NEW YORK) https://is.gd/4KR2OC

33. “Woman Says Her
Developmentally Disabled Sister Was Raped While at State-run Group
Home” --- State officials at the Office for People With Developmental
Disabilities, which runs the home, told L.K. her sister contracted the
STD at sleep-away ... --- New York Daily News --- May 2, 2016 (NEW
YORK) https://is.gd/UAKaW5

34. “NC Teen Sentenced
to 12 Years for Sex Crimes Against Autistic Boy” --- A Burke County
teen was sentenced to at least 12 years in prison for sex crimes
against a 12-year-old autistic boy. --- WNCN --- May 6, 2016 (NORTH
CAROLINA) https://is.gd/KgNESr

36. “50 Cent Apologises
for Instagram Video Accusing Autistic Airport Cleaner of Being 'High'
” --- 'It was certainly not my intent to insult him or the disability
community, which is a source of great strength in America. I have
apologized personally ... --- Daily Mail --- May 3, 2016 (OHIO) https://is.gd/ZJuVYJ

38. “Teachers Hang
Special Needs Student from Chalkboard by His Belt Loops” --- A teacher
and two assistants are on administrative leave after they punished a
five-year-old special needs student by hanging him by his belt loops.
--- WPXI Pittsburgh --- May 4, 2016 (PENNSYLVANIA) https://is.gd/P0nRk5

40. “SAISD Bus Driver
Placed on Leave, Safety Monitor Resigns After Special Needs Student
Jumps from Bus” --- San Antonio Independent School District officials
took quick action Thursday against a school bus driver and bus ... ---
KSAT San Antonio --- May 5, 2016 (TEXAS) https://is.gd/ISMfXo

41. “Mentally Ill US
Girl, Raped by Stepfather, Found Dead with Uterus Removed” --- In an
appalling incident, an 18-year-old mentally disabled girl was found
dead in a burnt house in Texas with her womb and uterus removed. ---
Deccan Chronicle --- May 4, 2016 (TEXAS) https://is.gd/NvaAms

42. “Mom Says Nurse
Abused Special Needs Son” --- Police in Converse have launched an
investigation after a mother discovered video of a male nurse and her
young special needs ... --- WOAI --- May 3, 2016 (TEXAS) https://is.gd/yCtCjj

43. “Mom: HISD Middle
School Teacher Used Foul Language in Front of Special Needs Students”
--- The mother of an eighth grade special needs student is angry
about foul language used in her daughter's classroom toward and about
students. --- KTRK-TV --- May 3, 2016 (TEXAS) https://is.gd/xsWIAK

44. “Grisly Details
Revealed in Death of Mentally-Disabled Texas Teen” --- A mentally
disabled West Texas teenager who told a school worker she had been
impregnated by her stepfather was found with ... --- CBS News --- May
2, 2016 (TEXAS) https://is.gd/TsSWrG

46. “Parents of Special
Needs Kids Want Changes After School Bus Fire” --- Parents of special
needs children are calling on the Puyallup school district to put an
extra adult on their buses after a close call ... --- KVAL --- May 5,
2016 (WASHINGTON STATE) https://is.gd/AklBbC

47. “Jail Didn't Save
Video Footage Showing Cell of Man Who Died” --- An attorney
representing the family of a mentally ill inmate who died at a
Virginia jail is criticizing officials' decision not to save ... ---
The Seattle Times --- May 1, 2016 (WASHINGTON STATE) https://is.gd/RQ26aZ

Seeking Improved Support

48. “At an Anchorage Rally, a
Glimpse of the Challenges of Being Deaf in Alaska” --- Self-described
“rabble rouser” Albert Berke is at it again. He made news in 1990 at
the age of 61 as the subject of a profile in the publication ... ---
Alaska Dispatch News --- May 4, 2016 (ALASKA) https://is.gd/dG980x

49. “Forced Medication
OK'd for Tehama Jail Inmates in Psychosis” --- But it has had 34
inmates declared unfit and in need of psychiatric treatment before
cases proceed since January 2015. Seventeen of them currently ... ---
Redding Record Searchlight --- May 3, 2016 (CALIFORNIA) https://is.gd/5h43sw

50. “Uber Settles
Discrimination Suit by Blind Passengers” --- Uber denied
discriminating and said it had a policy of accommodating passengers
with disabilities. Uber also argued that, as a ride-hailing service
... --- SFGate --- May 1, 2016 (CALIFORNIA) https://is.gd/HMs8Dw

51. “Layoffs Issued at
Department of Developmental Disabilities” --- These mark the first
layoffs at the agency, which provides services to people with
developmental disabilities. To date, a total of 650 executive branch
... --- Washington Times --- May 3, 2016 (CONNECTICUT) https://is.gd/LBHDEr

52. “Some Iowa Families
Don't Have Insurance for Autism Treatment” --- Some eastern Iowa
parents who have children with autism are not able to depend on
insurance. According to Autism Speaks, there are many Iowa ... ---kwwl.com---
May 2, 2016 (IOWA) https://is.gd/BKn6OD

54. “Council Calls for
Investigation of Special Education” --- Rather than depend on a
volunteer committee, which he doubts could gain access to education
records, he proposed that a “special education expert” ... --- Warwick
Beacon --- May 5, 2016 (MASSACHUSETTS) https://is.gd/0cfROh

55. “One-Third of
Autistic Kids Likely to Wander Away” --- More than one-third of US
children with autism spectrum disorders have wandered away from a safe
environment within the past 12 ... --- Economic Times --- May 2, 2016
(NEW YORK) http://tinyurl.com/zosoja2

63. “Insurance Coverage
for Autism Treatment Becomes Law in Oklahoma” --- Coverage for
children with autism will be required in insurance policies under a
bill signed into law Wednesday by Gov. … --- Tulsa World --- May 5,
2016 (OKLAHOMA) https://is.gd/O1wrHI

64. “Gingrich Bill for
Students with Disabilities to Become Law” --- Mauree Gingrich
(R-Lebanon) to prepare students with disabilities for the workforce is
set to become law. House Bill 400 would see the Pennsylvania ... ---
Lebanon Daily News --- May 3, 2016 (PENNSYLVANIA) https://is.gd/dhyl09

International Articles

65. “Queensland Man
Awarded $50k for Electric Shock” --- In his claim, Mr Butcher argued
he suffered both a personal and psychiatric injury and would often
need to go home early from work because of pain in ... --- Brisbane
Times --- May 5, 2016 (AUSTRALIA) https://is.gd/Ql5Db5

66. “Bolivians with
Disabilities Protest in Defense of Their Rights” --- People with
disabilities in Bolivia have taken to the streets in creative ways in
recent weeks to pressure the government to increase their monthly ...
--- teleSUR English --- May 3, 2016 (BOLIVIA) https://is.gd/FSMG4O

67. “Parents of Autistic
Children Rally at Queen's Park” --- Dean was finally diagnosed as
autistic just before the age of 3, Webster said Thursday during a
rally of hundreds of parents with autistic children at ... --- Toronto
Sun --- May 5, 2016 (CANADA) https://is.gd/gjA1vx

68. “Family of Boy with
Multiple Disabilities Pleads for More Help from Quebec” ---
Eleven-year-old Zachary Gallucci greeted me at the door when I arrived
at his family's home in Saint-Hubert on Montreal's South Shore and
eagerly ... ---CBC.ca---
May 6, 2016 (CANADA) https://is.gd/UamTbo

69. “Guangzhou Probes
Autistic Boy's Death” --- The Guangzhou authorities have launched a
probe into the death of a three-year-old autistic boy who died while
receiving treatment at a ... --- The Straits Times --- May 6, 2016
(CHINA) https://is.gd/gJdHbn

70. “India to Probe
Deaths of Disabled Children at Home” --- India announced an
investigation on Sunday into the deaths of 12 mainly mentally and
physically disabled children at a ... --- DunyaNews Pakistan --- May
2, 2016 (INDIA) https://is.gd/D96D4j

71. “New Law Bans Bias
Against People with Disabilities, but Shortcomings Exist, Say Experts”
--- On April 1, a new law aimed at advancing the rights of people with
disabilities took effect explicitly banning discrimination against
them ... --- The Japan Times --- May 2, 2016 (JAPAN) https://is.gd/MQgHxW